"[mis]tales of ZETA" series official thread

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Otaku Dash · #16 Post by **Otaku Dash** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:34 am

Megaman Z wrote:
mikey wrote:Yeah, but it's not funny. I mean it all seems so great being with all the girls, but just imagine an evening where you want to watch sports and the girls just overrule you the common room - winding up watching "The Ship That Sunk When It Hit The Huge Mass Of Ice" can be stigmatizing...
what's not funny about that? (when it happens to somebody else, I mean. also, is that a reference to Titanic?)

also, Ch. 2 will have graphics if somebody can do it... (I experimented a bit. no, D. Zeta, I didn't kill myself. (again.))

I think it will be a nice project... go for it! also for graphics i think you could ask Labbit (since he\she (?) is looking to work as an artist for a Ren'ai game).

Megaman Z · #17 Post by **Megaman Z** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:17 pm

Otaku Dash wrote:I think it will be a nice project... go for it! also for graphics i think you could ask Labbit (since he\she (?) is looking to work as an artist for a Ren'ai game).

It's a little too late for me to put artwork in this chapter, but like I said, CH. 2 should have artwork.

kara24601 · #18 Post by **kara24601** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:59 am

Yay , I love Love Hina , it's so crazy!
Have you played the newgrounds version / parody yet?
I know some people don't consider them true ren'ai but they are FUNNY.

Megaman Z · #19 Post by **Megaman Z** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:43 pm

update on the game's status: finally got back to it, and I'm working on "Day 2" again. I'm also adding a few "Name-dependant" easter eggs and messages. (try using your forum name in the game, case sensitive. you'll get a few extra's.)

darkknight · #20 Post by **darkknight** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:53 am

Wow if i did not know better i would think you are trying to get a good rating from the people on the forum....but anyway that is a good idea....It may get people to play it more...

rioka · #21 Post by **rioka** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:47 pm

Megaman Z wrote:(try using your forum name in the game, case sensitive. you'll get a few extra's.)

Neat idea. You can take that one step further and put certain extra's on certain usernames. Technically, everyone here can enter in each other's names without being the actual bearer of that name. :thinks about who the names will be...:

mikey · #22 Post by **mikey** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:29 pm

Although, you have to be very careful with insider jokes or bonuses. The random downloader won't know about much that's going on here. Although if that is only a bonus with no effect on the story, then go for it, we've seen certain people put certain things into certain games... Oh my, look at the time! It's rather cold outside now, isn't it? Well, I'll go make some dinner then. *wanders of, humming an innocent song*

Megaman Z · #23 Post by **Megaman Z** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 4:05 pm

Almost all of the name-based easter eggs do not affect the storyline at all. (the obvious ones will affect it, but the base story is still intact. I'm pretty sure you would have figured those one out. [if you haven't got a clue, try naming your character after somebody else when I release this game...] that's why I'm not revealing all the names in the game nor are they final. I may change some of them right before releasing the game to trip you up...)

(however, I've done a couple changes, and I'm setting it up so that ONE specific name, if held until the end of the game, will actually BYPASS the second password entry screen AND get the ACTUAL ending with a heck of a lot less effort. problem with trying this is, almost everyone who plays the game in one sitting (as well as numerous others) will lose that name AND get it replaced by the game with another name that disables that bypassing. how to avoid this will remain a secret until a while after the game is released... however, in all cases you still need to keep HP above zero, though. that's one thing I'm not changing!)

Also, I'm only going to Officially announce the release here, so we shouldn't have to worry too much about what mikey said... (of course, If I have too much spare time, I'll password the extra's and PM the guys that have extras [and a couple that don't] with the password... But it shouldn't have to come to that, should it?)

(I hope I'm not slipping any hidden hints in here... other than the note on the name-based easter eggs)

(spelling checked. one error found. "a" changed to "is" in "...after the game IS released")

Megaman Z · #24 Post by **Megaman Z** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:55 pm

well, I did some finetuning on the fighting (now you can't just mash the arrow keys all the time! you have to look at the screen!) and got farther on day two morning... still working on it... it might be done by the end of the school term... might be...

Megaman Z · #25 Post by **Megaman Z** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:24 pm

I'm still here and I'm still working on it... I'd say I've hit the 50% mark now... (unless I decide to go through with the battle system overhaul... then it's 45% done. If I do the system change, It's going to be a hell of a lot more complex than just pressing arrow keys. [can you say "mouse-drag techniques"?])

Megaman Z · #26 Post by **Megaman Z** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:10 pm

two things...
A) see next line:
DOES ANYBODY LOOK AT THIS TOPIC ANYMORE?!?!?

and...

B) this game may be getting an earlier release than I originally planned on... now to start looking for somewhere to upload it...

Cazel · #27 Post by **Cazel** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:54 pm

Hmm... I'm one of those people who generally reads every new message in every thread, so yes, I do look at it. I suspect I'm probably not the only one either.

darkknight · #28 Post by **darkknight** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:13 pm

megaman you gotta chill...you get upset and slightly odd if one of yours treads does not have a new post every day....

Just let the treads die!!!
Dont beat a dead horse....
Let the sleepiing dog lie....

mikey · #29 Post by **mikey** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:06 am

Megaman Z wrote:DOES ANYBODY LOOK AT THIS TOPIC ANYMORE?!?!?

One of the things you should definitely not do ren'ai games for is popularity. There are lots of communities in which you have to work less to get respected more. On the other hand, people who make games like these usually love doing them, so it's not about competition or topic replies, but more about help.

What I wanted to say in that Mr.Knowitall paragraph is... Don't worry! people are checking every day (you can see it in the view count) and you can consider yourself happy - I remember this time around last year there was hardly a post in a WEEK! So, compared to that, this place is buzzing!

Megaman Z · #30 Post by **Megaman Z** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:07 pm

darkknight wrote:megaman you gotta chill...you get upset and slightly odd if one of yours treads does not have a new post every day....

Just let the treads die!!!
Dont beat a dead horse....
Let the sleepiing dog lie....

(mental note to self: don't ask darkknight for advice. ever) [j/k]
Do you think that I would let an OFFICIAL (keyword: OFFICIAL) thread for my game die? I think NOT (what would be ironic is if the project gets cut. then I've made a big [anal oruphus] of myself.)

mikey>>(after reading the small print) the thing that scares me is that I double post and no comments, then I end up triple-posting and all hell breaks loose! (reads rest of mikey's post) oh... never mind, then

back-on-topic>>I'm still looking for somewhere to upload it to (or someone to host it. volenteer, please?), as it seems I'll be done in about a week... (I'm gonna go ahead and start scriptwriting for CH. 2 right now... I'm thinking around 9 normal endings [actually based on relationship status with two specific characters this time...], a couple special "game over" endings, and a few suprises... not to mention a completely new layout to incorperate images...)

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